Adventus Incorporated is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 IT company founded in 1996 specializing in educational software. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Adventus is a recognized leader in music learning software. In 1996, Adventus began designing piano software that allowed MIDI instruments to communicate with a computer.

Software Titles

Piano Suite Premier

Children's Music Journey

Ear Training Coach

MusIQ Challenger Game

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Piano Suite Premier

Unveiled in 1998 and developed in accordance with accepted piano pedagogy, Piano Suite guides beginner and intermediate musicians through interactive lessons by providing immediate feedback on their playing. Piano Suite Premier is published in four languages and is rated “Best in Class” by the International Society for Technology in Education. Piano Suite Software has been updated numerous times (version 2.6 is most recent), and remains the popular choice in piano learning software.

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Children's Music Journey (3 Level Series)

In 2005, Adventus released Children's Music Journey, an animated interactive program that enables teaching young children how to read music, play the piano with both hands, and compose. In 2005, a study was launched to check whether this software can increase rates of learning math, science, and reading, just as traditional instrumental instruction does. http://www.keystoachievement.org/home/D_whatis/top_01.html This study will use the software to teach music to students in the USA and Canada, from kindergarten

Kindergarten

A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...

 to the second grade

Second grade

In the United States, second grade is a year of primary education. Second grade is the second school year after kindergarten. Students are traditionally 7–8 years old, depending on when their birthday occurs....

. It is being funded by the Keys to Achievement Foundation and monitored by James Catterall, Education expert from the University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

. http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/pages/catterall.